Delicate Balance of Doing Complete Justice- Supreme Court’s Judgment in NHAI v. M. Hakeem
Introduction The Supreme Court of India has passed a judgment in a batch of over 50 appeals on the question as to whether the Courts are empowered to modify an arbitral award under Section 34 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (“Arbitration Act”) when they are adjudicating an application for setting aside an award …
Viewers and Influencers Beware
Some of us may have noticed little tags “partnership”, “sponsored”, “advertisement”, “collaboration” with the posts of our favourite social media influencers. This addition is due to the new Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) Guidelines for Influencer Advertising in Digital Media. Ever since the world got engulfed in the Covid-19 pandemic, the manner of buying …
Enforcement of Emergency Award Passed in a Domestic Arbitration in India
In the case of Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings LLC v. Future Retail Limited & Ors.[1], the Supreme Court of India has decided 2 important questions of law with regard to enforcement of an emergency award by courts in India viz.,
Commercialising Copyright: NFTs – Does Popularity Mitigate Legal Risks
Background Introduction to NFTs One of the latest trends being built on the blockchain ecosystem are non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”). NFT is a digital token or a certificate having the following broad characteristics:
CONTRACTOR’S ABHIYAAN TO REMAIN ATMANIRBHAR
The COVID 19 pandemic has changed the way we live and conduct business.
Impact of COVID-19 on Registration of Documents
This is the longest curfew that our generation has faced! Very few who witnessed the second World War are with us today to share the stories of the trying times of those days. For our generation, the pandemic COVID-19 is nothing short of a world war. It has not only taken human lives but has …
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INDIA RESTRICTS FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FROM CHINA
Introduction Hitherto, foreign direct investment into India from Pakistan and Bangladesh was given differential treatment and made subject to government approval. However, as a direct fallout of weakening economy and freefalling stock markets, and with a view ‘to curb opportunistic takeovers or acquisitions of Indian companies on account of the outbreak of COVID-19’, the Department …
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USING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES TO USE AUTOMATION SYSTEMS TO FACILITATE OUR JUDICIAL PROCESSES
By Anand Desai, Managing Partner, DSK Legal and Hanuman Tripathi, Chairman, Hashtasy Digital, and Council Member, NASSCOM COVID-19 is a catalyst for rethinking various aspects of our lives, including the functioning of the judiciary, being one of the pillars under our Constitution. As a long-term strategy, can physical attendance in our Court / Tribunal …
COVID 19: Force Majeure provisions in PPP Concessions – Non-political and Indirect Political Events
Due to the global lockdowns and restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of the COVID 19 pandemic, it is quite possible that the force majeure clauses in the concession agreements of various Public Private Partnership projects will be triggered. It is, therefore, advisable that the parties to the PPP projects be aware of, and analyse, …
COVID-19 – CLOSURE OF FACILITIES AND ESTABLISHMENTS IN INDIA
In light of the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s announcement on March 24, 2020 declaring a lock-down in India for 21 (twenty-one) days that emanated from the unfortunate COVID-19 epidemic, the relevant department of the Central Government has issued an order, inter alia, directing the closure of manufacturing facilities, shops and other establishments and prohibiting the provision …
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